Text of the provision
Art. 142. Inciting to sedition. - The penally of prisión correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000) shall be imposed upon any person who, without taking any direct part in the crime of sedition, should incite others to the accomplishment of any of the acts which constitute sedition by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, cartoons, banners, or other representations tending to the same end, or upon any person or persons who shall utter seditious words or speeches, write, publish, or circulate scurrilous libels against the Government, or any of the duly constituted authorities thereof, or which tend to disturb or obstruct any lawful officer in executing the functions of his office, or which tend to instigate others to cabal and meet together for unlawful purposes or which suggest or incite rebellious conspiracies or riots, or which lead or tend to stir up the people against the lawful authorities or to disturb the peace of the community, the safety and order of the Government, or who shall knowingly conceal such evil practices.
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
Prisión correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000) are imposed on anyone who, without taking direct part in sedition, incites others to it — by speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, cartoons, banners or similar means — or who utters seditious words, or writes, publishes or circulates scurrilous libels against the Government or its duly constituted authorities, or matter tending to obstruct a lawful officer, stir up the people against lawful authority, or disturb the peace and order of the community; the same applies to one who knowingly conceals such practices.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 141 — Conspiracy To Commit Sedition.
- Article 143 — Preventing Meetings Of Congress.
Penalty amounts. The text above is the article as amended by Republic Act No. 10951 (2017), which revised the property values and fines throughout this Code. Older reproductions of the Revised Penal Code still print the 1930 amounts — for theft and estafa they show 12,000 and 22,000 pesos where the current figures run to millions. Check which version any source you rely on is giving you.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.